Jersey City man faces charges after fatally hitting motorcyclist

JERSEY CITY -- A 20-year-old man faces charges of death by auto and leaving the scene of an accident after this car plowed into a motorcycle Thursday morning on Kennedy Boulevard, according to a report in The Jersey Journal.

The report said Dyrell Boatwright, the driver of a Cutlass, left the scene on foot, but was caught due to a Jersey City firefighter. Michael Pennetta, 23, of Bayonne, was driving a red Harley-Davidson and was pronounced dead at 8:23 a.m. at Jersey City Medical Center.